--- description: Brittany Packnett Cunningham is an activist, writer and founder of Love & Power Works. She is host of the podcast UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham and a fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Brittany Packnett Cunningham ## Brittany Packnett Cunningham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close _Brittany Packnett Cunningham is an activist, writer and founder of Love & Power Works. She is host of the podcast_ [_UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham_](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/undistracted-with-brittany-packnett-cunningham/id1534591370) _and a fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics._ ## Brittany Packnett Cunningham Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Nov 10, 2020 ### [We'll Need Disciplined Hope Even After Trump](https://time.com/5909885/after-donald-trump/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 22, 2020 ### [Young Activists Must Make John Lewis Proud](https://time.com/5869725/john-lewis-legacy-activists/) We now stand on the precipice of transformation now because people like John Lewis tilled the soil [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 8, 2019 ### [How Ferguson Woke Us Up](https://time.com/5647329/ferguson-police-brutality-activism-america/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 18, 2016 ### [Black Lives Matter Isn't Going Anywhere](https://time.com/4178280/black-lives-matter-2016/) Racial justice is not just our cause—it's an American cause [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/brittany-packnett/","name":"Brittany Packnett Cunningham"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/brittany-packnett/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/brittany-packnett/"},"name":"Brittany Packnett Cunningham","jobTitle":null,"description":"Brittany Packnett Cunningham is an activist, writer and founder of Love & Power Works. She is host of the podcast UNDISTRACTED with Brittany Packnett Cunningham and a fellow at Harvard’s Institute of Politics.","url":"https://time.com/author/brittany-packnett/","sameAs":["https://x.com/MsPackyetti"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```